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A golden key can open any door.
A golden key can open any door.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at read more
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.